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Bonewit #9
The Pediatric Examination -Libby
Question | Answer |
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Adolescent | An individual 12 to 18 years old |
Immunity | The resistance of the body to the effects of a harmful agent, such as a pathogenic mo and its toxins |
Immunizations | The process of becoming immune or of rendering an individual immune through the use of a vaccine or toxoid |
Infant | A child from birth to 12 months old |
Length | The measurement from the vertex of the head to the heel of the foot in a supine position |
Pediatrician | A physician who specializes in the care and development of children and the diagnosis and treatment of children's diseases |
Pediatrics | The branch of medicine that deals with the care and development of children and the diagnosis and treatment of children's disease |
Preschool child | A child 3 to 6 years old |
School aged child | A child 6 to 12 years |
Toddler | A child 1 to 3 years old |
Toxoid | A toxin that has been treated by the heat or chemicals to destroy its harmful properties |
Vaccine | A suspension of attenuated or killed mo's administered to an individual to prevent an infectious disease by stimulating the production of antibodies in that individual |
Vertex | The top of the head |